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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1824)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 47

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The City of Pompeii, distant about thirteen miles from Naples, stood ori- ginally upon a rising ground, overlooking a fertile plain, which stretched on one side towards Nola, and on the other to Nuceria and Stabia. The eminence is at present much in- creased by the mass of volcanic matter poured…

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